Adventures of Superman #490 [Direct]
(May 1992)

DC, 1987 Series
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Price
1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD; 0.60 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1992-04-02
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Mike Carlin; Dan Thorsland (associate)

Issue Notes

1992 Triangle #19.
This issue has variants:

Desert Storm! (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Tom Grummett (signed)
Inks
Jerry Ordway (signed)
Colors
Dennis Janke
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Professor Emil Hamilton; Tehra
Reprints
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Blood and Sand (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Jerry Ordway
Pencils
Tom Grummett
Inks
Trevor Scott
Colors
Glenn Whitmore
Letters
Albert DeGuzman
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Jimmy Olsen; Professor Emil Hamilton; Husque; Tehra; Jawad Al Gurdan; Pete Ross; Ron Troupe; Mr. Troupe; Mrs. Troupe; Roberta Troupe; Collin Thornton; Zander; The Sons of Liberty (villains); Skelaz (villain); Judge Ronald Kramer (villain); Jay Harriman (villain)
Synopsis
Superman, Husque, Jimmy and Professor Hamilton journey to Jordan to look for Husque's sister Tehra.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Kryptograms / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Dan Thorsland
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from readers - Dale Coe, Greg Wilson, Jason Crase, Mark Lucas, James Evans, Clay Ketterman, Rick Le Mieux and Alex Lue - and responses from Dan Thorsland.

"Big on Chocolate!" [Part 6] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

3 Musketeers Adventures / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Desert Storm!
    Superman
  2. 1. Blood and Sand
    Superman
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Kryptograms
  4. 3. "Big on Chocolate!" [Part 6]
    3 Musketeers Adventures
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Morbus Iff
  • Thomas Johnson
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Van Dore
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